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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1925
Page
8
A fragmented 1891 era Bridgeport Telegram page mentions Kara and Milford services, advertising details for the Post Publishing Co and local connections. The clippings include notes on advertising, telephones, and market references, with scattered anecdotes about Worthington in Chicago and historical reflections on blood pressure remedies.
Rumors swirl as parties prepare to nominate city candidates on Monday in a hot local race. Attny Qwinnan keeps mum while Tie refuses comment until the convention. Democrats seek cautious choices for clerk and treasurer, while Republicans face a tax board dispute over a contingent fund and improper appropriations.
Report from Atlantic City on waves broadcasting to listeners and a German diver under water sending clear sound from the North Sea. Experts anticipate radio equipment becoming essential for divers with future radiologue visions from historic shipwrecks.
A collection of musings on urban finance and governance shows how budgets dictate unappropriated revenue. Separate scraps poke at church politics, religion, social behavior, and human foibles with wit. The piece riffs on authority, culture, and everyday absurdities.
A poetic review traces fears and progress from horse to car to airship, recalling Beersheba to Dan and the shift from lamps to electric light. It contrasts old wisdom with novelty, noting injuries and casualties, yet foresees airships and engines expanding beyond Earth.
A reflective poem about a fifty year marriage. The wife’s step is less buoyant as she recalls their wedding vows and the solemn meaning of "until death do us part" while their longtime love has grown into a deep, enduring bond despite changes in vigor.
Fragmented OCR text presents a mix of reflections on education and character. It mentions mediocrity, unnecessary enemies, maintaining self respect, and moral guidance from father and mother. The passage reads like a stray educational sermon fragment with unclear structure.
Dr. Frank Crane argues that modern Americans must catch up with Columbus in character. He elevates self control humility courage and intellectual bravery as the three legs of a tripod for greatness, citing Columbus’s perseverance under ridicule danger and doubt.
State motor vehicle data show 23 337 additions to motor vehicle registrations for the quarter ending September 1. Receipts of the motor vehicle department rose 9.8 percent year over year, excluding gasoline taxes. Gasoline purchases for vehicle consumption declined in August year over year, with July 1925 showing a marginal rise from 1924. Data indicate a shift in consumption and tax effects on fuel.
Text reports an uptick in masoline tax receipts for July and August 1926 compared with the same months in 1924 due to a higher rate. July 1926 receipts reach 288,745 versus 117,000 in July 1924, while August receipts are cited at 236,72? against 1924 figures, reflecting adjustments and misprints.
Redding October crash leads to arrest as Joseph Lachman alias Fret Wood of Georgetown is charged by state police with operating a car under the influence and with false information about registration. The collision with Ashur Papish of Danbury badly damaged Papish's car and Lachman's vehicle struck a tree and overturned. both drivers escaped injury.
Yale Romance Language chair Charles Clarke reports a growing number of undergraduates choosing French courses, with 319 men enrolled in advanced offerings compared with 192 two years ago. The trend reflects broader popularity of French among Yale students and the college plans to expand electives in related fields.
Washington D C Oct 11 United States exports of iron and steel to China grew despite political turmoil. Chinese imports rose 77 percent over pre war years with the United States supplying about 18 percent of total. In four postwar years China imported 323 500 tons annually versus 784 700 tons pre war. American steel rails show a lead in railroad development with large exports to China in 1925. Other nations trailed except Russia in 1913.
Lincoln Wells plans a Mitchel Field to Los Angeles flight in November to shave at least 2 hours 42 minutes from the 1923 cross continental record of 26 hours 42 minutes set by Lieut John Kelly. He will fly a regular army airplane with Lieut Jaigh Wale as accompanying aviator and is sponsored by Detroit banker Evans.
Mud guards for women’s ankles appear as a practical device to protect silk stockings from street grime. Described as gaiter like coverings extending about a foot below the knee, the guards wrap around the leg to shield fabric from damp and dirt on urban thoroughfares.
The excerpt blends playful notes on Colum bus life with references to a traffic cop handing speeding tickets on the sand and a feature on ancient highways. It surveys old jokes, Crecian actors, and the stage term grow while pondering how engineers urge prayers for great roads and asking about ancient diets and dress.
Sarah E Parrott widow of Charles H Parrott died at home 59 Harral Avenue after a long life dating to before 1860 marriage. Believed oldest Connecticut War of 1861 widow, pleurisy caused death. Survived by children James F Parrott Oak Park Illinois, Mrs William H Wright Nichols Conn, Mrs John A Orr Bridgeport. four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. sister Mrs Frederick Sterling Melrose FIs. Funeral 2 PM tomorrow from 59 Harral Avenue with Rev. Sherman officiating. interment Mountain Grove Cemetery.
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with likely showers on Monday and Tuesday. Warmer Monday with a cooler trend Tuesday. Northern New England expected showers Monday. Southern New England also cloudy with showers and some warmth. Gales reported along the North Atlantic coast with strong west and southwest winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
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